is a retired Japanese
badminton
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player who affiliate with Hokuto Bank. She was the women's doubles bronze medalist at the
2018 World Championships, and the silver medalist at the
2013 East Asian Games
The 2013 East Asian Games, officially known as the VI East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Tianjin, China, between 6 October and 15 October 2013. 2,422 Athletes from nine East Asian nations competed in 254 ev ...
. She won the year-end tournament
Superseries Finals in 2017. Yonemoto was part of Japanese winning team at the
2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships,
2018 Uber Cup,
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 Augus ...
, and at the
2018 Asia Women's Team Championships.
Career
Yonemoto won the 2011
New Zealand
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and
Austrian International tournament partnered with
Yuriko Miki. They also won the
Grand Prix
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title at the
2014 Russia Open tournament.
Yonemoto announced her retirement from the badminton tournament at the press conference in the Akita Prefectural office on 29 January 2021, though she was apparently still involved in badminton as a commentator.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
''Women's doubles''
East Asian Games
''Women's doubles''
BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
''Women's doubles''
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were
Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.
Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
''Women's doubles''
:
BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...
tournament
:
BWF Superseries Premier tournament
:
BWF Superseries
The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007.
Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...
tournament
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
''Women's doubles''
''Mixed doubles''
:
BWF International Challenge tournament
:
BWF International Series tournament
:
BWF Future Series tournament
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Hiroshima
Japanese female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games